Winner of a San Diego Book AwardBest unpublished nonfiction narrative category.

Honorable Mention, 2007 New York Book
Festival Awards
Biography-Autobiography category

Honorable Mention, 2011 Hollywood Book
Festival Awards
Celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the film, television game and multimedia communities

Reviews

"Chasing Dreamtime takes you on a gripping parallel journey
sailing across the Pacific and through the emotional storms which cloud
the writer's past. Neva Sullaway tells her story as she experienced it
-- through the eyes of a young woman exploring a new world with all the
exotic locations, wild characters and death-defying circumstances that
have faced less brave and more celebrated adventurers."

"Chasing Dreamtime is the riveting saga of a young woman
running away from demons unknown, into situations and characters unimagined.
Neva Sullaway lived a life that most people would find an incredible adventure
and we share that with her, along with the spirituality and peace she
finds at the end of her story. This is a wonderful book and one to share
with others."

“A truly captivating memoir filled with love of the sea, and a
profound account of one woman's determination to survive and make sense
of her life in spite of cruelty and hardship.”

--Midwest Book Review

“This is a remarkable story of personal discovery, a trip through
the borderland where the tangible meets the mystical. Echoes of Florinda
Donner and Carlos Castaneda! I couldn’t put Chasing Dreamtime
down; I read it in two sittings.”

--Robert Goodman, PublisherSilvercat and Silver Threads

"As the title of the book promises, Sullaway fashions something
of a dream world out of her experiences, effectively drawing the reader
in, not letting go until the book's ending."

--Ron Watters, Chairman
National Outdoor Book Awards

"You may find shades of your own past in her story."

--Cruising World

"Unstoppable seeker of new horizons, she finds one
moment of peace in the beautiful desert in the company of Aboriginals.
It is there that she faces and conquers her interior demons, and discovers
the 'dreamtime.' An incredible autobiography"

"By the end of her journey, Sullaway is lucky to be alive, but more
than that, the skills she develops dealing with the chaotic conditions
on board help her finally put her turbulent past to rest. Between the
drug smugglers, deadly sea snakes and fingers broken on the mast, there
are moments of beauty and clarity for this young traveler."

What they're saying about Steep Passages...

"The author dances thru time and space in a way that bewitches the
reader and enriches his travel experience."

--Gary Jakacky on Amazon.com

"This is a post-September 11th philosophic and introspective trek
into the wilderness of man and nature; a series of thoughtful travel observations,
essays really, on areas as diverse as the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains,
and Marakesh. ...it is really about being alive in the world today."

Recommended reading for recipients of the Beagle II Award, a scientific
discovery and exploration program of Stanford University.

"If you've ever wondered what happened to J. Peterman, he of the
odd little hand-illustrated catalogs of the late '80s which sought to
persuade you of the indispensability of an authentic long rider's overcoat,
you may think he's come back to life in the body of travel writer -- or
should we say raconteur -- David Lee Drotar, whose latest collection of
set pieces is entitled "Steep Passages." From computerized star-gazing
in the jungles of Belize to carbon-steel-framed mountain biking in Wales
to reindeer sleigh riding in Finland, we are never in doubt as to Drotar's
effortless familiarity with the trappings of the tragically hip world
traveler, recounted in uncannily petermanesque cadences that evoke wood
smoke and worn leather. I'm hoping they can get Clint Eastwood for the
audiotape. It will sound great in my Land Rover."

--New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Steep Passages is savored like a good meal
that a dear friend prepares."